38,798 Anganwadi centers in Jharkhand will now get eight thousand rupees per year for administrative work, - due to chhath there will be a huge crowd of passengers in the trains going to Bihar from Wednesday

By Neeraj Ambastha Edited By: Kanchan Singh Updated: Wed, 22 Oct 2025 12:25 (IST) 38,798 Anganwadi Centers of Jharkhand will now get Rs 8,000 every year for administrative work. This amount will help the centers to purchase stationery and other essential items, so that the functioning of the centers can function better. 38,798 Anganwadi centers of the state will get eight thousand rupees every year for administrative purposes. State Bureau, Ranchi. Under the centrally sponsored Saksham Anganwadi and Nutrition-2.0 scheme, 38,798 Anganwadi centers of the state will get eight thousand rupees in administrative expenses every year. Till now the centers received only two thousand rupees every year under this head. Now, out of the available eight thousand rupees, the electricity bill will be Rs 500 per month, that is six thousand rupees in a year. On the instructions of the Central Women and Child Development Department, the state government issued an order in this regard. Earlier the cabinet approval was taken on this. The central government will pay 60 percent of the total amount. The central government will pay 60 percent of the total amount spent on raising the funds of Anganwadi centers, while 40 percent will be borne by the state government. Thus, the central government will provide Rs 13.97 crore, while Rs 9.31 crore will be paid by the state government. In this way, a total of Rs 23.28 crore will now be spent on administrative expenses of these centers annually. Talking about the availability of funds, adequate provision has been made in the budget of the current financial year. There is a budget provision of Rs 402.74 crore under this scheme. Of this, Rs 241.64 crore is the central share and Rs 161.10 crore is the state share. Remove ads, just read news